Apparatus for stretching woven-wire fences, &amp;c.



A. E. SCHNOSE.

APPARATUS FOR STRETCHING WOVEN WIRE FENCES, 6m. APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1914 1,1 1 6,633, Patel lted Nov. 10, 1914.

.THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTO-LITHOH WASHINGYON. D. C

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 19151.

application filed May 7, 1914. Serial No. 831028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUc-Us'rris E. Scrrnosn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dell Rapids, in the county of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Stretching Wovenire Fences, do; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying dawing's, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatus for stretclnnp,

woven wire fences, etc, and comprises a simple and efficient dcv1ce of tlns nature having Various details of construction, combina tions and arranflements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described,shown in the accompanymg; drawings and then spec1fically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the acc01npanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a wire stretcher made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, and Fig. 3 is a View partially in section.

Reference now being bad to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the end post of the apparatus comprising twolaterally extending beams E and C connected together by means of an upright piece I). At the ends of the beams B and C are the pointed plates E held by means of bolts or otherwise to said beams and projecting beyond the ends thereof and are adapted to engage an end post F about which the wires are to be stretched and fastened. A rotatable shaft H is journaled in suitable bearings in the opposite beams B and C and about which a rope or cable I is adapted to wind, said rope or cable passing about the pulleys N and O, the former pulley N being attached to a wire or rope O which passes about the clamping members P between which the fabric is adapted to be clamped, the two clamping; members being held in clamping relation by means of the screws Q. The pulley O is mounted upon a hook M and the end of the rope 1s fastened to a hook J.

A ratchet wheel It is fired to the rotatable V shaft H, and L designates a bar having its ends L bent at an angle forming handles, said bar having an annular-outlined opening: designed to receive the upper angular end H of the shaft H, the corners of said angular portion of the shaft being provided with broken threads H" and upon which the nuts S and S are mounted, between which nuts a ratchet wheel T is mounted. A pawl W is pirotally mounted upon the upper surface of the beam C and is adapted to be thrown into engagement with the ratchet disk to prevent the shaft from rotating in one direction, said pawl being loosely mounted and adapted to be swung in opposite direction out of engae'en'lent with the ratchet disk if desired to allow the shaft to turn freely in either direction. Guy wires, designated by letter V, are fastened to the beam C and their rear ends secured to any suitable anchorage.

in operation, the parts are adjusted as shown. The wire fabric to be stretched is engaged by the two members P and, by turning the shaft through the medium of the handle L, the rope made to wind up upon the shaft, thus drawinn' the wire fabric clamped by the members into a taut relation about the post, as will be readily understood.

What I claim to be new is:

A wire stretching apparatus comprising a frame with a supporting post at one end and laterally extending beams therefrom, one disposed at an inclination and theother at right. angles to the supporting post, spur plates secured to the free ends of said beams for engagement with a post about which a wire is to be stretched, a rotatable reel shaft journaled in apertures in said beams. a wire clamping" member adapted to move in contact with corresponding faces of said beams, a cable secured at one end to said post and winding about said reel shaft, pulleys secured one to the post and one to said wire clamping member and about which pulleys a cable passes, the latter being adapted to draw the clamping member against the faces of the beams to cause a wire to be drawn taut, a ratchet Wheel fitted to the upper threaded end of the reel shaft, a pawl pivotally mounted upon said inclined beam and In testirnony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature 1n presence of tWo Witnesses.

engaging the ratchet wheel, and a turning AUGUSTUS C E' 6 bar having a threaded aperture and engag- Witnesses:

ing threads formed at the upper end of the O. H. SMITH,

shaft. N. C. KLEIN.

Cople: of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patentl.

Washington, D. C. 

